-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two University of Florida police officers were placed on leave with pay after using an electronic stun gun to subdue a student who was questioning Sen. John Kerry at a campus forum , the school 's president said Tuesday .

Student Andrew Meyer is surrounded by university police in Gainesville , Florida , on Monday .

But the student 's behavior and past activities are prompting questions about whether the incident was part of a stunt .

The Florida Division of Law Enforcement will investigate Monday 's arrest of Andrew Meyer , said University of Florida President J. Bernard Machen . Machen called the incident `` regretful for us . ''

`` The thing that I regret is that civil dialogue and civil discourse did not happen , '' Machen said . `` That 's fundamental to a university campus . Why it did n't happen is what we 're trying to sort out . ''

During Monday 's forum , Meyer came to the microphone to question the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee from Massachusetts . Watch the incident unfold ''

`` You will take my question because I have been listening to your crap for two hours , '' Meyer told Kerry , according to the police report of the incident .

He then turned to a woman and said `` Are you taping this ? Do you have this ? You ready ? '' the report said .

Clarissa Jessup , who contributed I-Report video of the incident to CNN , said Meyer gave her his camera and asked her to shoot video of him posing his questions to Kerry .

Organizers had cut off questioning before Meyer went to the microphone , she said . Watch Jessup describe the incident

Meyer asked Kerry why he did not contest his loss to President Bush in the pivotal state of Ohio over allegations that African-American voters were disenfranchised .

Meyer also questioned Kerry about why he did not support impeaching Bush and whether he belonged to the Yale University secret society Skull and Bones , as Bush did .

One of the police officers on the scene observed that Meyer was `` yelling as loud as he could as to sensationalize his presence , '' according to the police report .

Meyer had about a minute and a half at the microphone before police stepped in to haul him away . As he tried to escape their grip , Kerry protested , `` That 's all right , let me answer his question . ''

But as Meyer repeatedly questioned why he was being arrested , officers dragged him to the back of the auditorium and then used a Taser on him when he continued to struggle .

While Kerry pleaded for calm , officers warned the student he would be shocked if he did not stop resisting .

Meyer responded , `` What did I do ? Get off me ... get the f -- off me , man , I did n't do anything . Do n't Tase me , bro , I did n't do anything . ''

Police noted that his demeanor `` completely changed once the cameras were not in sight '' and described him as laughing and being lighthearted as he was being driven to the Alachua County Detention Center .

`` I am not mad at you guys , you did n't do anything wrong . You were just trying to do your job , '' Meyer said , according to the police report .

At one point , he asked whether there were going to be cameras at the jail , according to the report .

Meyer was charged with resisting arrest with violence -- a felony -- and a misdemeanor count of disturbing the peace . He was released without having to post bond Tuesday .

Machen said the clips posted online paint an incomplete picture of the scene . Watch the university 's reaction

University spokesman Steve Orlando said before police moved in , Meyer was asked to relinquish the microphone because he was `` being disruptive . ''

But the arrest triggered a protest by a group of University of Florida students Tuesday . One of them , Benjamin Dictor , called the arrest `` an assault on reason itself . ''

`` For a question to be met with arrest , not to mention physical violence , is completely unacceptable in the United States , '' Dictor said .

Some students cheered Meyer 's removal , and others looked on quietly . But several screamed in protest when officers prepared to shock him .

Meyer was carrying a business card advertising `` TheAndrewMeyer.com ` Speak My Mind , ' '' the police report said .

The Web site features videos of Meyer taking part in several practical jokes . It also includes a `` disorganized diatribe '' that criticizes the war in Iraq and the media .

The Web site said his friends had posted coverage of his arrest .

In a statement issued Tuesday , Kerry said he did n't know a Taser had been used on the student until after he left the event , and said he hoped no one was injured .

`` In 37 years of public appearances , through wars , protests and highly emotional events , I have never had a dialogue end this way , '' he said .

`` I believe I could have handled the situation without interruption , but again , I do not know what warnings or other exchanges transpired between the young man and the police prior to his barging to the front of the line and their intervention . ''

Machen said authorities have not determined whether Tasers were used improperly .

In addition , he said a student-faculty review panel will examine `` all of our protocols relative to student dialogue and faculty interaction '' in the wake of the incident . E-mail to a friend

CNN 's Patrick Oppmann contributed to this report .

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NEW : Student was `` lighthearted '' once cameras were not in sight , police say

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Florida Division of Law Enforcement to investigate arrest of student

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University spokesman : Andrew Meyer was `` being disruptive ''

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Some students protest arrest , call it unacceptable in the United States